To Easton and Anderson 4 May [1874]
G.
My son H. D. wishes much to continue at your works, where he has now had a months trial; I shd be much obliged if you could send him the indenture for signature. I beg to call your attention to one point.: my son has been for some time recently out of health & his physician Dr Andrew Clark of C. Sqe urges him strongly not to overexert at first & he thinks that he will thus gradually gain strength.— My son is most desirous to enter your works; & I am sure that he will never voluntarily be idle. Under these circumstances I trust that you will be so good as not to bind him to long hours of work.
Gentlemen | Your obliged & obedi servt | C. D.
May 4th.
Easton. & Anderson | The Grove | Southwark | London
Manuscript Alterations and Comments
1.1 where … trial; 1.2] interl; ‘where’ pencil below del pencil ‘of which’
1.2 indenture] after del pencil ‘usual’
1.3 been] after del ‘beg’
1.3 for … recently 1.4] interl
1.4 strongly] above del ‘for some time’
1.5 at first] transposed with ‘to overexert’
1.5 & he] after del ‘himself’
1.5 thus] above del illeg, above del ‘by this course’
1.6 to enter your works] transposed from interl before ‘; & I’; after del ‘& to be permitted’
1.6 & I] after del ‘to work to the full power’; ‘to work’ below del pencil ‘& to labour’; ‘full’ del pencil below del pencil ‘extent’
1.6 that he] below ‘will’
1.6 voluntarily] interl
1.7 trust] above del ‘hope’
1.7 be so good as] interl
1.7 to bind him] interl
1.8 to long] after del pencil ‘in the indenture’, after del ‘bind him’; ‘long’ after del pencil ‘any’, after del ‘stated or’